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This Week In InformationWeek Online: June 28, 1999

TOP STORIES:
SPECIAL FEATURE: IT Skills Gap Demands Action The growth rate for computer analysts, engineers, and scientists will top 100% in the decade ending in 2006. How can business manage the IT labor crunch? INTERVIEW: William Daley, Secretary of Commerce COVER STORY: The Next Level For Emerging Enterprises Small and midsize businesses look to gain the expertise and infrastructure they need to spur growth. Data Warehouses Open Up Sharing information in your company's data warehouse with suppliers and partners can benefit everyone. Banks Team To Boost Online Billing Chase, First Union, Wells Fargo to route bills via the Net.
App Alternatives Services: Needs Grow Home Shopping Network, Schwab To Use Speech ID Services, Software Offered For Marketing Automation	Sterling Allows Portal Access To Data Better Access On The Go PictureTel, White Pine Push Video Oracle Buys Scheduling Software Maker

SOFTWARE	INTRANETS/INTERNET	IT MANAGEMENT
More-Flexible Analysis Customer Data Tracker	Internet Branding Personalized Web Pages InternetView: PKI Needs Support	Lubrizol Readies Last Phase Of R/3 Rollout
HARDWARE	NETWORKING	CAREER
Brocade's New Switches SCO's Portal Builder Chipmaker Takes Sharper Focus	Transaction management Secure Servers	Web Site Branches Out
LABS	FINANCIAL	EMERGING ENTERPRISES
New Model For E-Commerce	3Com, Cabletron Limp Forward Taking Stock: Lower Expectations At Dell?	Net Access Packages HP Inks Deal With ESoft
OPINION	BEHIND THE NEWS	AUTHORITIES
Emerging Enterprises: Small But Deadly Future Of The PC:PCs: Not Dying, Just Evolving A Closer Look: The More You Share, The More You Gain IT Impact: Where Buyers, Sellers Meet Developments: Linux Vs. NT: Head To Head	Behind The Numbers: In Web Support We Trust? IT Confidential Behind The News	Redmond Watch: Sorting Out The Spin
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
XML Makes Object Models More Useful Instinet Adopts Enterprise JavaBeans Strategy Microsoft Tackles Distributed Computing
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